55, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8BU

PL/25/0594Approval of details reserved by a conditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 May 2025

Council decision: Conditions dischargedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of the remaining part of condition 11 (Archaeology) of planning permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024.

Received: 17 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Thames Ward

ReceivedReceived17 Apr
ValidatedValidated17 Apr
Consult.Consultation14 May
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided9 May

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 55, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8BU. Reading has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Reading's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Thames Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.

93% of conditions applications at Reading Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: RG1 8BU
Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 May 2025
Consultation end: 14 May 2025
Target decision date: 14 May 2025
Application expires: 12 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13957049
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Brownfield land register: Riverside, Vastern Road, ReadingRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Reading

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